What a year!! :-)

Last year, I put together a recap of highlights throughout the year, and thought it would be fun to do it again for 2010! This year has been life changing for sure, and such an adventure. Here we go... (and, in case you didn't guess, Taylor will be the major theme of this recap :o))

January

* Baby showers
* BIG baby bump

* Getting ready for maternity leave
* Packing the hospital bag
* Wonder every morning how many more days until baby Slagh will arrive
* Ryan starts two classes for his master's

February

* Taylor Leigh is born!! February 17, 2010

* Find out what it is like to function with little sleep, have someone very tiny completely rely on you, and experience the overwhelming feelings of being a parent, and feel amazed and blessed by Taylor more and more each day

March

* First overnight trip to B.C. with the little girl

* Start final project/thesis for my master's degree

April

* Took Taylor to church for the first time for Easter Sunday

* Taylor's first cold

May

* Tulip Time celebration!

* Taylor is dedicated at church on Mother's Day
* I get to celebrate my first Mother's day!! :-D
* I go back to work (one of the hardest days I can remember)
* Celebrate Memorial Day weekend up north (Taylor's first long road trip - side note: she does not enjoy the car)
* Start my last year in my 20's

June

* Summer break starts!

* Ryan celebrates his first Father's Day
* Taylor watches daddy play softball and goes to the zoo and takes a dip in Lake Charlevoix for the first time
* I finish my final project!

July

* Parker family reunion up north for Papa's 80th birthday

* Visit the Slagh side at the campground
* Taylor tries eating solid food for the first time, and also rolls over and sits up by herself

August

* Find out I have a part-time position for the fall (huge praise!)
* Spend a whole week up north
* Taylor is half a year old

* Taylor gets HFM disease...poor little thing
* Start setting up my classroom

September

* School starts
* Ryan starts his final two master's classes
* Football season starts - collegiate, professional, and flag :-)

* Taylor goes apple picking

October

* Up north trip for the apple festival
* School is cancelled because of a tornado watch
* Taylor dresses up as the cutest little duck for Halloween

November

* Taylor crawls!
* First Thanksgiving dinners with family
* We cut down our first family Christmas tree and decorate for Christmas

* Ryan starts his last year in his 20's

December

* Ryan graduates with his master's degree
* CHRISTMAS

* Taylor has her first ear infection and first tooth poke through
* We celebrate 4 years of marriage :-)


It was fun to think back over the past year together, and to anticipate what fun this next year will hold!!

Bring on 2011!! :-D